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Shloka 24

Adhyaya 10Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey

हतं मया हतश्चान्यैर्हतं मे घातितं तथा ।

दत्तं ममाऽन्यैरन्येभ्यो मया दत्तमनेकशः ॥

hataṃ mayā hataś cānyair hataṃ me ghātitaṃ tathā /

dattaṃ mamānyair anyebhyo mayā dattam anekaśaḥ

میں نے قتل بھی کیا ہے، اور دوسروں کے ہاتھوں قتل بھی ہوا ہوں؛ اور میں نے (دوسروں کو) قتل بھی کروایا ہے۔ جو میرا تھا اسے دوسروں نے دوسروں کو دے دیا؛ اور میں نے بھی بہت بار عطا کیا ہے۔

hatamkilled
hatam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle (past passive participle), Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (1st/2nd), Ekavacana; used impersonally: 'killing done' / 'I was killed'
mayāby me
mayā:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता/करण in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana; instrumental agent
hataḥkilled
hataḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamucchaya-nipāta
anyaiḥby others
anyaiḥ:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता/करण in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; instrumental agent
hatamkilled
hatam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle, Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
meof me / my
me:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (enclitic)
ghātitamcaused to be killed
ghātitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु) + ṇic (णिच् causative) + kta (कृत्)
FormCausative kta-participle (past passive participle), Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; 'caused to be killed'
tathālikewise
tathā:
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormPrakāra-avyaya (adverb: likewise)
dattamgiven
dattam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√dā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle, Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; 'given'
mamamy / of me
mama:
Sambandha (षष्ठī-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana
anyaiḥby others
anyaiḥ:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता/करण in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; instrumental agent
anyebhyaḥto others
anyebhyaḥ:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Caturthī (4th/चतुर्थी), Bahuvacana; recipient
mayāby me
mayā:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता/करण in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana
dattamgiven
dattam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√dā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle, Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
anekaśaḥmany times
anekaśaḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanekaśaḥ (अव्यय)
FormPrakāra/saṅkhyā-avyaya (adverb: many times/in many ways)
Unspecified speaker; reflective confession of karmic actions

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Karma (hiṃsā and dāna)Moral causalityNon-ownership/impermanence

FAQs

Acts of violence rebound through the cycle of births, and possessions do not remain ‘mine’; the verse encourages ahiṃsā, generosity, and relinquishment of possessiveness.

Didactic karma-teaching embedded in narrative discourse; loosely part of dharma exposition rather than cosmological categories.

Killer/killed/causer triad mirrors the bondage of doership (kartṛtva); release comes by transcending the sense of agency through knowledge.